OUTRAGEOUS! Benue State Government executes 1000 invisible projects with N1.8bn

Written By Idoma Television on Friday, September 2, 2016 | 7:06:00 AM

The Special Adviser on Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Isah
Usman, has disclosed that the Samuel Ortom administration was executing
over 1000 projects in the various sectors across Benue State. He
made the disclosure at various places during the ongoing flag-off of
rural electrification, roads and bridges projects in several local
government areas across the state.According to him the projects
were being executed through the State Universal Basic Education Board,
SUBEB, various ministries, departments and agencies, as well as the
Sustainable Development Goals conditional grant schemes. The
Special Adviser explained that SUBEB alone was carrying out facelift and
other projects in 710 primary schools across the state, adding that the
committee on their monitoring had a hectic time supervising. Last
Monday, members of the state executive council participated in the
flagging off exercises In Gboko, Vandeikya, Kwande, and Ushongo local
government areas. They included extension of electricity from
Akaajime to Takema Memorial College in Ipav, Gboko, Mbaakon to Ihugh
feeder road in Vandeikya, extension of electricity from Adikpo to
Mbaiwen and Ajio to Kpengwa in Kwande, extension of electricity from
Ushongo to Kpor and Manor, Abado, Hiitom, Sati, Ude as well as
Tse-Ikyange in Ushongo. Alhaji Usman advised the contractors to
deliver quality jobs according to specification and other contract terms
and the communities to give them support and protection. His
colleague on Labor and Employment, Barrister Patricia Kupchi, directed
contractors to engage the youths in the various localities in the
execution of the projects while assuring that with the Ortom
administration projects had moved from "hearsay to eye see."
Stakeholders from the benefiting communities expressed gratitude for the
projects pledging not to demand compensation and to safeguard them.
They included the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Terkimbi
Ikyange, second class traditional ruler in Ushongo, Chief Ambrose
Iyortyer, as well as Special Adviser on Agro Business, Mr Simon Abua.
They however appealed for the boosting of existing electricity
projects, as well as construction of more rural roads and the
rehabilitation of others. The permanent secretary in the Bureau of
Rural Development and Cooperatives, Mr David Ishegh, advised communities
to form cooperatives in order to access support from the state and
Federal Governments. Governor Ortom, represented by his Special
Adviser on Rural Development and Cooperatives, Dr Adzer Abya, stated
that the projects were executed with N1.8 billion set aside from the
infrastructure facility obtained from the Federal Government. He
said they were in line with one of the five pillars of the Ortom
administration which was the provision of critical infrastructure.For Advert: Call 08171607004, 09058228464
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